Basic Fringe Tutorial

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1) Enter bead from the left side. Fig 1

2) Go through the fringe strand beads Fig 2

3) Go through the bottom (turning) bead Fig 3

4) Reverse your needle and come back up
through the strand eye first. This will help
prevent piercing the thread inside the
beads. Fig 4

5) Go back through the first bead from
the LEFT side again. Go through eye first.
Hold the turning bead firmly and pull up
on the thread. The strand should go into
place easily. Fig 5

6) Go through to the next “down” bead
and add another strand.

If you go through the original
bead from the right instead of
the left your strand will hang at
an angle. It is very important to
enter the bead from the same
side. Fig 7

If you go into the next “down” bead instead of
back through the original bead your strand
will hand between the two beads instead of
directly below the first bead. This can be a
great way to handle a problem as you will see
on the next page. Fig 8 & 9

BASIC FRINGE TECHNIQUE

If you want a “V” shaped fringe pattern it is a snap if you have
an odd number of beads. To make a pretty graduation (I’ll make
up numbers here!) add the same amount of beads to increase
each strand. For example, start with 10 beads in the first strand.
Add 3 beads (13) for the next strand. Add 3 more beads to the
next (16), three more to the next (19) etc. When you reach the
center strand start decreasing the beads by 3.

The more beads you increase the strands the longer your fringe
will be. But you already knew that didn’t you? Silly old me!

Uh oh....... in this example you
have an even numbers of beads
so your “V” can look like this.
Not a pretty sight!

You can achieve the “V” shape
by adding strands between the
“down” beads instead of direct-
ly below. See Fig 8 & 9 on the
first page.

OK, you’re well on your way to beautiful fringe now! Remember my motto
“Too much fringe is just about right.”

Happy fringing,
Suzanne